Free Speech Under Assault Week in Higher Education

MIKE LACHANCE NOV 23, 2019 8:00 AM

The unhinged shutdown of campus speech went into overdrive this week.

• Leftist Mob at Binghamton U. Shuts Down Speech by Economist Art Laffer
• FIRE on Binghamton Protest of Art Laffer: “Latest in a Disturbing Trend of Protesters Silencing Others”

The situation is out of control.

• College Republicans at Berkeley Say Posters for Ann Coulter Visit Being Torn Down
• Berkeley Chancellor Promotes Anti-Hate Event Scheduled at Same Time as Ann Coulter Visit
• Left Wing Student Protesters Block Entry to Ann Coulter Speech at UC Berkeley

The mob is emboldened.

• VIDEO: Anti-Trump Mob Attacks and Taunts Conservative Students at Binghamton University

No protests here, though.

• Former CNN Commentator Calls for Abolition of Prisons in Speech at St. Olaf College
• Speaker at Pomona College Accuses Jewish Student Journalist of Having Ties to White Nationalists

Compare and contrast.

• Syracuse Chancellor: White Supremacist Manifesto ‘Probably a Hoax’
• Feminist Group at Portland State University Bars White People From Weekly Meeting

That was fast.

• Student Govt. at Grand Valley State U. Votes to Remove Pledge of Allegiance From Meetings
• Student Govt. at Grand Valley State U. Votes to Restore Pledge of Allegiance to Meetings

RIP.

• David Gibson of Gibson’s Bakery has passed away

Reality is stranger than fiction.

• Two Chemistry Professors in Arkansas Arrested on Suspicion of Making Meth
• University of Miami Expert on Money-Laundering Charged With Money-Laundering

You think so?

• University President Says Removing 21-Gun Salute on Veterans Day Was a Mistake

Completely normal behavior.

• Harvard Divestment Activists Pour Molasses on Themselves to Symbolize an Oil Spill

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